I’m honored to have been included in an interview guest post with S. J. Francis at the “A Writer Writes Here” blog. The interview is entitled ” An Interview with Inspirational Author Joy Ross Davis

EXCERPT:

S.J.: Joy, will you tell us what do you love most about being a writer? Least?

Joy: What I love most about being a writer is simply being a writer, being able to tell the stories that come into my head and have people respond to them. I have to admit that the intense struggle of getting a story onto paper is worth it after reading one really good review!

What I like least about being a writer is simply not being able to make a living at it. Most of my stories are from 99¢ to $2.99 on Kindle now, with Countenance at $6.99. It takes an enormous amount of sales, given that I have an agent and publisher, to make money at writing.

The rest of the interview is available here:

I’m writing more all the time so that I have plenty to offer readers as I wasn’t kidding when I said in the interview that I would love to be able to earn my living doing something that I dearly love to do. Dear reader, I appreciate your support and ask that you tell your friends about the stories so they can get their copy, either in print or as an e-book. Some of my stories are part of a series. The series that I have written in are more like collections. There is a collection of stories — some longer than others — within one broad topic. Each author’s story is available as a single volume, usually priced at 99¢. When the collection/series is completed, the publisher also offers them as an entire collection and often in print as well as digital format.

Please, if you haven’t done so already, join the Angel Pack. I will be in touch immediately with new members to ask for a snail mail address so I can send you an original signature/autorraph!

Dear readers and friends,
I’ve just signed a three-book contract with Oghma Creative Media! I’m very excited to be working with this group of people and their awesome authors. My novel, The Legacy of Preacher’s Cove, will be released in 2015. This is the first novel I wrote, and after making some necessary improvements, I submitted it to Oghma, and they accepted it for publication. A few weeks later, I made a trip from Alabama to Arkansas both to meet author K.D. McCrite and to sign my contracts with Oghma (their home base is in Arkansas). So, what a thrill it was to finally meet my fellow author and Facebook friend AND to meet my publishing team! We had a delightful lunch together. Then, I spent the weekend with K.D. and had such a wonderful time at her home. She and her husband, Brett, are such good hosts!
Below is the note issued by Oghma Creative Media. Enjoy!

We’d like to start out the week by announcing another awesome addition to our Oghma stable of authors. Please welcome Joy Ross Davis, who put her name to a three-book deal with us just last week.

Joy holds a PhD in Writing and is an accomplished teacher of the writing craft on the college level. Her own work leans toward the paranormal suspense, where she brings angels, dark spirits, and humans alike into vivid life with her unique and compelling voice. Check out her debut novel, Countenance, on Amazon today, and keep on the lookout for her next work, The Legacy of Preacher’s Cove, coming from Oghma in 2015!

We can’t tell you how excited we are to be working with such a fun and brilliant author as Joy!
— with Joy Ross Davis and Greg Camp.

“A Brush with Death”, Volume 2 of Sisters Divided was released last week. Set in a beautiful bed and breakfast near Memphis, Tennessee, the sisters continue on their quest to acquire their wings. At least that is supposed to be their goal. Maeve’s selfishness dominates again and Colin has some dramatic lessons for her. Will the lessons be learned effectively?

The fortunate contrast between good and not so good helps ‘sweet’ sister, Keeva, keep Maeve’s behavior from causing great damage, but there is that ‘brush with death’ reality. I think she stretched selfish nature a lot more in this story than last time, but that is sort of the way life goes — as we will be self-centered and determined to have our own way, often we push the envelope to the very limits before we try to turn. Then, just hoping that we aren’t speeding toward destruction so fast that we cannot turn.

That’s where Maeve finds herself with her support group of one sweet sister, a sincere trainer and a comical, effective pair of ‘keepers’. The future volumes will reveal just how these sisters will work toward their goal. Will they reach the goal in tandem? Where will they visit next? Stay tuned for the next volume of Sisters Divided, published by Helping Hands Press.

I’m proud to bring you stories that are considered by reviewers as “inspiring, CLEAN and flinch free”. Please enjoy yourselves with the stories. I would greatly appreciate your reviews and I would love to have you join the Angel Pack. I will send you a personal note with an autograph for your collection when you join.

Join me for a cup of tea, please. The water was heated over the fire near the Sutler’s tent and under the same skies that cover a bloody battlefield. We’ll sit in the shadow of the tent and talk to the kitten.

I hope you enjoy this step back in time to a weary day during the American Civil War where the characters are near the bloody spots of the battle for Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia. Where there was more than a quick battle — the situation is described as a siege.

In my newest endeavor, The Sutler of Petersburg, there are not a lot of characters, but they are all significant. Is the money grubbing, sly sutler, Tucker D, more than he seems to be? He is joined by a small group of soldiers from the Irish Brigade who are part of a larger army which is trying to regroup and move to the next fighting place. This group is made up of a family of brothers with Irish heritage.

As Tucker D’s story and his true task for this encounter become clear, one of the characters fulfills a special story and true incident from the Civil War. How will this special character fit into the tasks that Tucker D. must accomplish?

The Sutler of Petersburg is Volume 1 in Murray Pura’s Let Freedom Ring…a new series begun after the exceptional popularity of the earlier Cry of Freedom series that Murray Pura organized. Helping Hands Press released the story just a few days ago. It is available for your Kindle on Amazon for only 99¢ and has been ranking high. You will find links in the sidebar and on the Buy Books Here page to help you choose which story that I have written you will choose next.

When you’ve read the story, I would really appreciate a short review at Amazon and Goodreads. Thank you so much!

The time has come! My writing spot has received a make-over that I’m sure will lead to higher inspiration. I’ve been able to turn it into one of my favorite places to be. The deeper, brighter color, Sea Treasure on the walls just wakes me up right away! There are some new additions and some old favorites.

I found the writing table at a local antique store and it sang to me RIGHT away. I think the table had been looking for me, but i confess to being distracted temporarily by a more modern, uncomplicated clear wood-topped/white legged writing table. The antique beauty and I had our bacon saved by a shipping mess-up where the white table was never shipped and the company couldn’t even find much about an order. They were quick and kind to refund my money. I set out shopping for another table and found my true writing companion.

A breath of Ireland brightens my day with the stained glass panels that are hanging in the windows. I ordered these from one of my favorite Ireland contacts — marvelous service and product from ShopIrish.com.

There are two of these beauties at the windows. They went up early on and I enjoyed them with the old computer desk in place.
Now they are right beside the new table.

Along the way I was sorely distracted and tempted to buy a bright pair of boots!
They were during the long days of waiting and wondering what happened to that first lost table! I restrained myself and didn’t buy them.

Inspiration gets more boost from the wall hangings. This angel has my back while the Dove of Peace that I call Holy Spirit goes in front of me.

A sweet ‘friend’ has been in my writing room for a long time. I just loved “Cold Girl” when I first saw her and she is a faithful source of inspiration

The old writing space is history. At the moment, I’m so ready to move joyously ahead with the writing and not even consider this for historical fiction!

A space to spin tales is important to writers. These little niches come in all sizes and shapes. The kitchen table or a card table in a hallway have served well to get the story out there. The biggest thing is to get the story out there. I love my new space more and more each day. I believe the happy light it brings to my writing will be an inspiration for my stories and for some other ‘authorly’ dreams I have.

I would love to have you in my Angel Pack so we can become better acquainted and you can be the first to know about new things that are coming.